Lionel Messi's 2025 tour of India

Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025 was a promotional and fan engagement tour by Argentine footballer Lionel Messi across India during December 2025. As a celebration of Messi's status among the greatest football players of all time, the tour included public appearances, exhibition matches, community events, and cultural engagements in several major Indian cities. This was Messi's first visit to India since 2011.

The tour was overshadowed by a major crowd-control failure at its opening event in Kolkata, where Messi's appearance was abruptly cut short, leading to protests by fans, property damage inside the stadium, and police intervention, which drew media attention and prompted official investigations, including a public apology by the state's Chief Minister. According to organizers and police, inadequate crowd segregation, overselling of tickets, along with celebrities and their entourages with their own conflicting security details, severely restricted visibility and access for general ticket holders.

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